If the city police in Portland are not protecting protestors, it is a red flag.

[triron]

The mayor is making a grave mistake in not removing the police chief.

[MontanaMama]

1. I've been wondering about that.

Something stinks.

[Docreed2003]

2. Isn't the Portland mayor

Defacto Police Commissioner?

[triron]

3. I don't know but so what?

[Docreed2003]

4. I was genuinely asking the question, sorry

Seems to me that if he does have that title that he's not doing enough to get a handle on his own police force.

[triron]

5. The chief of police is someone else (Chuck Lovell). Mayor is typically assigned to be commissioner.

Perhaps Lovell (because he is black) is hesitant to do what he should be doing but I see it as highly
dangerous.

[Blecht]

6. They're working WITH the mercenaries

https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2020/07/evidence-shows-portland-police-working-with-federal-officers-at-protests-contradicting-city-officials.html

Evidence shows Portland police working with federal officers at protests, contradicting city officials

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler has repeatedly said the police force he oversees does not want or need the help of federal officers during nightly protests downtown.

But hours after Wheeler’s most recent public plea for federal agents to leave, Portland police advanced on protesters in a coordinated effort with federal officers. Friday wasn’t the first time Portland police worked in tandem with federal officers. Portland police and federal officers marched shoulder-to-shoulder early Sunday morning to disperse protesters downtown.

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https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2020/07/portland-bans-police-from-working-with-federal-law-enforcement-targeting-journalists-and-legal-observers-during-protests.html

Portland bans police from working with federal law enforcement, targeting journalists and legal observers during protests

Portland will immediately ban all police bureau members from cooperating with federal law enforcement or intentionally using force on or arresting journalists and legal observers, under new policies the City Council passed Wednesday.

Commissioner Chloe Eudaly, who crafted and introduced the last-minute resolutions, Commissioner Amanda Fritz, Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty and Mayor Ted Wheeler unanimously voted to approve the new rules, calling them necessary as President Donald Trump has refused to remove federal officers from the city.

Portlanders have taken to the streets for eight weeks to protest police brutality and systemic racism and have been met with force from city and federal officers leading to injuries, arrests and lawsuits.

The ban on coordinating with federal officers cites “an unprecedented and unconstitutional abuse of power by the federal government” as reason to discipline any Portland police member if they provide, request or willingly receive operational support from any agency or employee representing the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Marshal Service, Federal Protective Service, Customs and Border Protection or any other federal service while they are occupying the city.

I do not believe that the Portland Police Bureau will stop -- they are truly a despicable bunch of cretinous bullies.

[Mr.Bill]

7. The problem in a lot of big cities

is the head of the police union or whatever they call themselves in that city is calling all the shots and has the loyalty of the rank and file cops.

It's been reported in Chicago that's who contacted DHS and invited them, although they have no authority to do that.

Bottom line is there's a lot of police chiefs in this country's cities that need to be fired and if mayors don't start doing that they will lose all their power. I think the mayor of Oakland has fired about a half dozen of them.